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Commercial Large Fly Elimination
A common house fly can be considered a nuisance, but these flies also represent a serious food safety concern. House flies contaminate food with their filth and can contribute to the spread of disease. Stay ahead of large fly problems in and around your facility and provide a clean, safe and healthy environment for your customers with our proactive Large Fly Programme.
Large Fly Programme
Eliminate Flies From the Outside-In
Ecolab’s three-pronged outside-in approach focuses on finding the root causes of large fly activity outside and solving issues before flies can get inside. This can greatly improve your results in preventing, reducing and eliminating large flies in and around your facility.
Prevent
Prevent large fly entry through inspections and recommendations
Reduce
Reduce large fly pressure with exterior treatments and equipment
Eliminate
Eliminate large fly activity with targeted interior treatments and equipment
Commercial Large Fly Elimination Equipment Used
STEALTH™ Fly Station
Ecolab's proprietary STEALTH™ Fly Station, winner of the National Restaurant Association's Kitchen Innovations Awards, is a key element in Ecolab Pest Elimination’s Large Fly Programme. Designed for exterior use, this innovative device has a dark, reflective surface that discreetly eliminates up to 50% of flies before they enter a facility.
STEALTH™ Maxima
The STEALTH™ Maxima Fly Light uses advanced technology to control indoor flies for back-of-house and areas with high fly pressure. As an integral part of Ecolab’s Large Fly Programme, the STEALTH™ Maxima Fly Light is essential for discreet and effective fly removal. With a proven track record of outstanding performance, the STEALTH™ Maxima Fly Light can trap up to 1,000 large flies.
Large Fly Videos, Articles and Educational Resources
Teaming Up Against Large Flies
A Humorous Look at a Serious Problem
Webinar
Large Flies: More Than a Nuisance
How to Prevent Large Flies
This short video explains the steps you can take to prevent large flies at your facility.
Large Fly Articles
Facts About Large Flies (“House Flies”)
Large flies, also known as filth flies and black flies, include houseflies, bottle/blow flies and flesh flies. Understanding the biology and behavior of the common types of large flies can help with fly prevention in your facility.
Large Flies and Food Safety
Large flies are sometimes called “filth flies” because they breed in manure, human waste, dumpsters, garbage, and decaying vegetation, transmitting disease and presenting a food safety risk. Learn more about how large flies can impact your business’s food safety.
How to Prevent Large Fly Problems
To protect your business from the food safety and health concerns posed by large flies, there are steps you can take to minimise risk.
Large Fly Infographic
Large Fly White Paper
Case Study: F&B Plant
A large cereal manufacturing company implemented the Ecolab Expanded Large Fly Programme. Find out how our comprehensive outside-in approach resulted in an 81% reduction of large flies.
Case Study: Quick Service Restaurant
Study demonstrates that the robust Ecolab Expanded Large Fly Programme helps reduce large fly population better than a fly light programme alone. This quick service restaurant experienced fly reduction by approximately 49%.